What is the difference between binair and decimal?

Binair (KiB, MiB) uses base 1024: 1 KiB = 1024 bytes. Decimal (KB, MB) uses base 1000: 1 KB = 1000 bytes. RAM and SSDs use binair; hard drive manufacturers traditionally use decimal.

Why does my 1 TB hard drive show as 931 GB?

Hard drives use decimal (1000-based) capacity labeling, while Windows often displays groottes in binair (1024-based). 1,000,000,000,000 bytes ÷ 1,073,741,824 bytes/GiB ≈ 931 GiB.

Which mode should I use?

Use binair for RAM, SSDs, and USB drives. Use decimal for comparing manufacturer specifications of hard drives and external storage.

What are the exact conversion factors?

Binair: 1 KB=1024 B, 1 MB=1024² B, 1 GB=1024³ B. Decimal: 1 KB=1000 B, 1 MB=1000² B, 1 GB=1000³ B.

How do I converteer bytes to bits (e.g. Megabyte to Megabit)?

One byte equals 8 bits, so the same applies to every prefix: 1 Megabyte = 8 Megabit, 1 Gigabyte = 8 Gigabit. Pick a byte unit on one side (MB) and a bit unit on the other (Mbit) to converteer across. Byte units use an uppercase B (MB) and bit units a lowercase b (Mb).

Data Storage Converteerer

Gratis data storage converteerer supporting binair (KiB, MiB, GiB) and decimal (KB, MB, GB) conversions between bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, petabytes, and bit units (bit, Kbit, Mbit, Gbit) — including byte-to-bit conversions like Megabyte to Megabit.

Converteer between byte and bit data units with binair (1024) or decimal (1000) mode.

Result = Value \times \frac{Factor _{f r o m}}{Factor _{t o}}

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